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To: TigerPaw who wrote (473217)	5/7/2021 4:53:19 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 542007

I have always thought that. There certainly is a critical period for languages. Put a kid in a family where five languages are spoken and by the time that kid is five they will be speaking them all. And it seems kids seems to do some imprinting at an early age e.g. when fed myths at an early age, many people can't seem to shake them, even when presented with counter facts e.g. religion. A child's brain does engage in "pruning" , so that it can adjust to what it needs to survive in any given environment. This may be what I am looking at?? <, I think there is a critical time in a child's development, about middle school, and if they don't learn to learn by then it can't be readily picked up later. I think puberty does a number on children's brains.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (473217)	5/8/2021 12:07:34 AM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 542007

Raison d'etre or The Meaning of Life It is much harder than it looks, finding meaning in life. What should you tell your children to do? What do you tell them is meaningful? What has inarguable worth? I was raised in a household where games were important. Sports of every type, cards, chess, shooting, snooker. I pushed my children to be aware, involved and interested. For practical purposes that is not much different than how I was raised. My parents just used games as a tool to help teach an attitude of awareness. If anything has inarguable worth, it is that, an attitude of awareness. The direction we are going and the direction we are facing are not the same.